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Hendersonville 


Industrial  Advantages 

of 

Henderson  County 


North  Carolina 

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Progress 


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HENDERSONVILLE 

NORTH  CAROLINA 


The  Place  To  Build  Your  Factory 


Henderson  County  metropolis,  County  seat, 
and  financial  center. 

Population  1923  (Est.)  5,000. 

Assessed  valuation  approximates  $7,500,000. 
Exactly  midway  between  Cincinnati  and 
Jacksonville,  on  the  famous  Route  A,  the  long¬ 
est  continuous  scenic  highway  in  America. 

40  miles  north  of  Greenville,  S.  C. 

20  miles  south  of  Asheville,  N.  C. 

40  miles  north  of  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

5  miles  from  Kanuga  Lake. 

7  miles  from  Summit  Lake. 

2  miles  from  Lake  Osceola. 


3  banks,  total  deposits  $2,225,000,  resources 
$2,600,000. 

Million  dollar  gravity  water  system,  one  of 
the  best  ever  constructed. 

Electricity,  2c  to  4c  per  Kw.  domestic  use ; 
lighting  9c. 

$300,000  public  school  system,  with  propos¬ 
ed  bond  issue  of  additional  $300,000. 

6  church  organizations. 

Your  favorite  lodge. 

3  Golf  Courses. 

10  miles  paved  streets. 

Public  library,  park,  etc. 

1922  building  permits,  valued  $200,000. 

3  hosiery  mills. 

2  moving  picture  theatres,  City  Hall  and 
auditorium. 

Splendid  transportation  facilities.  Main  line 
of  the  Chicago-Cincinnati  and  Florida  line  of 
the  Southern  Railway.  Bus  line  to  all  nearby 
points.  Modern  highways  in  every  direction. 

Motorized  fire  department. 

Center  of  one  of  America’s  fastest  growing 
apple  sections. 

Surrounded  by  beautiful  estates. 

1922  farm  products  value,  Henderson  Coun¬ 
ty,  $1,500,000. 

Has  Parent-Teacher  Association,  Kiwanis 
Club,  Merchants  Association,  and  two  news¬ 
papers — The  News  and  The  Times. 

The  town  of  Hendersonville,  with  its  excel¬ 
lent  transportation  facilities,  its  natural  ad¬ 
vantages  of  climate,  its  satisfied  labor,  its  sani- 
^  tary  improvements,  and  its  unlimited  hydro¬ 
ps  electric  power,  make  it  a  healthful  and  desir- 
^  able  place  for  manufacturing. 


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Industrial  Advantages 

HENDERSON  COUNTY 


Hendersonville  the  County  Seat 


Western  North  Carolina  offers  the  cream 
of  advantages  for  industries  of  all  kinds.  Of¬ 
fers  every  advantage  that  can  be  found  in 
the  lowlands  of  the  South,  besides  distinct  ad¬ 
vantages  that  they  do  not  have. 

Location.  Located  on  the  Southern  Rail¬ 
way — making  connection  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
for  points  west,  in  Asheville,  N.  C.,  for  points 
north,  and  in  Spartanburg,  S.  C.,  for  points 
east,  south  and  north.  Just  about  an  hour’s 
ride  from  the  richest  cotton  section  in  the 
United  States,  and  only  about  eight  hours 
from  the  coal  fields  of  Tennessee  and  Virginia. 

Sites.  Hendersonville  has  any  number  of 
sites  available  that  will  accommodate  the  larg¬ 
est  as  well  as  the  smallest  development,  accessi¬ 
ble  to  railway  facilities,  with  a  large  supply  of 
water  available  from  Mud  Creek,  French  Broad 
River,  and  other  streams.  The  typography  of 
the  sites  is  such  that  industrial  villages  can  be 
constructed  very  economically. 

Climate.  Our  climate  offers  the  most 
healthful  environment  it  is  possible  to  find 
anywhere — cool  and  pleasant  summers,  very 
mild  winters,  with  a  nocturnal  and  diurnal 
variation  of  temperature  that  is  a  true  stimu¬ 
lant  and  a  constant  source  of  renewed  energy, 
so  essential  for  the  working  efficiency  of  the 
mill  operatives.  The  human  machine,  no  less 
than  the  mechanical  one,  must  be  efficient  if  a 
mill  is  to  make  money.  We  have  the  ideal  cli¬ 
mate  for  the  rich  man  to  play  in — then  why 
not  more  ideal  for  the  poor  man  to  work  in. 
Our  freedom  from  typhoid  fever,  hookworm, 
malaria,  and  other  similar  diseases  which  dis¬ 
sipate  energy  guarantee  operatives  that  can 
work  365  days  every  year.  These  are  essen¬ 
tial  facts  that  must  be  reckoned  with  when 
computing  the  item  of  labor.  Mention  may  be 


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made  of  the  fact  that  an  all-time  County 
Health  Officer  is  employed,  effect  of  whose 
services  to  a  community  needs  no  comment. 

Water.  For  domestic  consumption  the  city 
will  have  available  1,000,000  gallons  per  day 
of  pure,  clear  water  that  is  being  brought  in 
by  the  new  water  system,  now  under  construc¬ 
tion,  and  which  will  be  completed  during  the 
summer  of  1923.  This  supply  is  obtained  from 
the  Pisgah  National  Forest  Reserve,  17  miles 
northeast  of  Hendersonville,  and  can  easilv 
be  increased  to  3,000,000  gallons  a  day. 
This  water  is  so  pure  and  free  from  foreign 
matter  that  it  does  not  have  to  be  cholorated 
or  filtered. 

Labor.  The  mountains  of  Western  North 
Carolina  have  the  best  native  help  in  these 
United  States,  especially  does  Henderson  Coun¬ 
ty — 97  per  cent  pure  Anglo  Saxon — purest  in 
the  United  States.  The  native  help  that  can  be 
had  here  is  not  infected  with  European  “isms”, 
and  is  free  of  union  interference.  Enough 
local  help  can  be  had  to  meet  any  demand.  A 
very  large  per  cent  of  the  mill  operatives 
working  in  the  lowlands  came  from  the  moun¬ 
tains  of  North  Carolina  and  are  anxious  to  re¬ 
turn  to  their  native  lands  if  given  the  oppor¬ 
tunity.  Most  any  number  of  trained  opera¬ 
tives  can  be  had  from  this  source. 

Working  Hours.  Our  freedom  from  re¬ 
striction  in  working  hours  is  a  great  advantage, 
for  by  just  so  much  more  time  a  plant  can 
operate  it  can  reduce  its  overhead  by  exactly 
the  same  amount.  These  working  hours  are  not 
apt  to  be  changed  for  only  in  January  this 
year,  a  move  to  reduce  working  hours  in  North 
Carolina  was  hit  squarely  on  the  head. 

Freight  Rates.  Present  rates  applicable  on 
Knit  Factory  products  from  Hendersonville  to : 


Baltimore . $1.15  1-2 

Washington . 72 

New  York . $1.22 

Boston . $1.29 

Philadelphia . $1.22 


Above  rates  apply  in  cents  per  100  pounds, 
any  quantity. 

Present  rates  applicable  on  Cotton  Factory 


products  to : 

Boston . 81 

Philadelphia . 81 

Baltimore . 77 

New  York . 81 


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Wages.  Wages  for  ordinary  day  labor 
range  from  $1.75  to  $2.50  per  day.  Beginners 
in  Factories  are  paid  from  50c  to  $1.00  per 
day  until  they  learn.  The  average  mill  opera¬ 
tive  earns  from  $8.00  to  $15.00  per  week  on 
piece  work. 

Taxes.  In  the  matter  of  taxation,  we  as¬ 
sure  fair  treatment.  The  present  county  of¬ 
ficials  have  promised  their  co-operation  with 
the  citizens  of  Hendersonville^ and  Henderson 
County  in  seeing  that  no  burdens  in  the  way 
of  taxation  will  be  placed  upon  any  industry 
that  might  locate  in  our  county.  Our  taxes 
average  about  on  a  par  with  other  counties 
in  the  State. 

Coal.  Steam  coal  is  being  delivered  in 
Hendersonville  for  $4.75  a  ton — contract  price. 
Run  of  mine  is  being  delivered  at  Henderson¬ 
ville  for  $4.86  a  ton — contract  price — from  the 
Virginia  mines,  and  11  cents  a  ton  cheaper  on 
both  steam  and  run  of  mine  from  the  Tennessee 
mines.  Our  coal  rate  from  the  Virginia  coal 
fields  is  $2!59,  and  from  the  Tennessee  mines 
$2.48. 

Building  Material.  Everything  needed  in 
the  way  of  building  material  such  as :  brick, 
sand,  crushed  rock,  building  rock,  and  all 
grades  of  lumber  can  be  had  locally  within  a 
few  miles  of  the  sites. 

Hydro-Electric  Power.  We  have  available 
for  immediate  use,  18,000  horse  power  at  prices 
ranging  from  3-4  a  cent  to  1  3-4  a  cent,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  amount  contracted  for.  This 
supply  within  the  next  three  years  is  to  be 
increased  so  as  to  have  available  50,000  horse 
power. 

Good  Will.  The  good  will  of  a  community  is 
absolutely  essential.  The  good  will  of  the 
citizens  of  Hendersonville  is  100  per  cent  for 
industries  of  all  kinds.  They  will  pledge  their 
co-operation  in  seeing  that  they  receive  fair 
and  square  treatment  from  county  officials  and 
otherwise ;  to  hit  squarely  on  the  head  any 
movement  to  reduce  working  hours  in  North 
Carolina,  and  will  endeavor  in  every  way  and 
at  all  times  to  protect  the  interest  of  mill 
owners  and  their  property. 

Any  other  data  will  be  furnished  upon  re¬ 
quest  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Hendersonville,  N.  C. 


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NORTH  CAROLINA 


By  MISS  H.  M.  BERRY 

Editor  of  IV.  C.  Industries  Greensboro  Daily  News 


Extent*  North  Carolina  is  a  State  of  such  vast 
area,  46,740  square  miles  of  land;  has  such  a  di¬ 
versity  of  climate  and  soil,  stretching  as  it  does  from 
the  Smoky  Mountains  and  Blue  Ridge  on  the  west 
through  a  most  varying  typography  of  mountain, 
hill  and  dale,  plain,  swamp,  marsh  to  the  tidewater 
of  the  coast,  a  distance  of  more  than  500  miles;  is 
capable  of  such  variety  in  agriculture,  in  manu¬ 
facturing  and  in  many  other  industries;  one  finds 
it  difficult  to  compass  in  small  places  even  a  brief 
reference  to  its  resources,  its  developments  and  its 
possibilities. 

Natural  Resources  and  Possibilities.  With  the 
development  of  a  small  fraction  of  its  water  pow¬ 
ers,  it  has  built  up  manufacturing  industries  that 
are  the  amazement  of  the  country  and  its  possibili¬ 
ties  for  an  expansion  of  these  industries  and  the 
introduction  of  new  industries  are  beyond  the  vis¬ 
ion  of  the  most  sanguine  dreamer.  Its  soil,  climate 
and  latitude  make  for  the  development  of  a  greater 
range  of  farm  products  than  most  States  enjoy.  Its 
forested  and  wooded  areas  are  greater  in  extent 
than  those  of  any  State  east  of  the  Rockies  and  tha 
industries  growing  out  of  the  resources  place  it  in 
the  forefront  of  those  States  manufacturing  furni¬ 
ture  and  wood  products.  The  fisheries,  both  inland 
and  deep-sea,  offer  splendid  possibilities  for  the 
development  on  a  large  scale  of  sea  food  and  ferti¬ 
lizer  industries  as  well  as  attractions  to  the  sports¬ 
man  and  tourist.  In  mineral  resources  it  is  noted 
more  for  the  variety  of  its  species  than  the  extent 
of  the  deposits.  A  more  extended  use  of  the  building 
stones,  of  which  it  has  a  great  variety  in  species, 
color  and  texture,  and  of  the  clays  and  shales,  with 
which  it  is  abundantly  supplied,  will  open  a  field  for 
investment  which  should  lead  to  the  establishment 
of  numerous  and  profitable  industries. 

Resort  Possibilities.  One  of  the  State’s  great 
potential  assets,  however,  is  in  the  development  of 
summer  and  winter  resorts.  With  Pinehurst  in  the 
sandhills,  one  of  the  most^widely  known  winter 
resorts  of  the  world,  Hejad-oreonviHe,  a  year- 
around  resort  of  the  mountains,  whose  fame  is  not 
limited  to  this  country,  it  is  believed  that  the  resort 
and  tourist  possibilities  of  the  State  have  been 
demonstrated  but  barely  touched.  The  variety  and 
wholesomeness  of  the  climate;  the  wonderfully 
beautiful  mountain  scenery  of  the  west,  with  its 
forested  peaks  and  nestling  green  valleys;  its  multi¬ 
tudes  of  cascades  and  waterfalls;  its  canyons  and 
deep  gulches;  its  sparkling  streams,  a  fisherman’s 
paradise;  its  flowers  and  forests;  the  varied  land¬ 
scapes  of  the  hill-and-dale  Piedmont;  the  hills  and 
bluffs  extending  in  some  sections  almost  to  tide¬ 
water;  the  vast  plains  of  the  east  dotted  with  lakes 
and  wide  rivers  and  sounds;  and  the  picturesque 
beaches  along  the  coast — every  section  abundantly 
supplied  with  forests  and  woodlands,  with  drink¬ 
ing  water,  pure  and  delicious,  as  well  as  with 


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mineral  waters  of  many  varities  and  conspicuous 
virtues — all  offer  possibilities  for  the  •  development 
of  summer,  winter  and  all-year-around  resorts  suf¬ 
ficient  to  challenge  the  initiative,  resourcefulness, 
administrative  and  financial  ability  of  our  own  peo¬ 
ple  as  well  as  those  who  come  from  other  sections 
to  help  us  touch  these  potentialities  into*  realities 
for  human  use. 

People.  The  people  of  this  great  State,  on  which 
Providence  smiled  in  the  making,  are  of  singularly 
homogenous  character.  It  was  originally  settled  by 
Virginians,  mainly  English;  Pennsylvanians,  prin¬ 
cipally  Scotch-Irish  and  German;  Scotch-Irish, 
Scotch  Highlanders  and  Lowlanders,  Swiss  French 
Hugenots,  Germans  from  the  Rhine  and  elsewhere, 
and  the  fusing  of  these  elements  of  Anglo-Saxon, 
Celt  and  Norman  have  given  the  vision  and  ag¬ 
gressiveness  of  the  English,  the  conservatism  and 
acumen  of  the  Scot,  and  industry  and  steadiness  of 
purpose  of  the  Teuton,  which  are  creating  a  State 
that  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  marvels  of  modern 
civilization.  The  1920  census  revealed  more  than 
two  and  a  quarter  millions  of  this  sturdy  popula¬ 
tion — one  generation  removed  from  the  most  dev¬ 
astating  war  of  history,  which  took  an  excessively 
heavy  toll  of  her  sons — now  vigorous,  strong,  just 
beginning  to  catch  its  stride  financially,  agricultur¬ 
ally,  industrially  and  exhibiting  a  courage  in  com¬ 
munity  effort  which  is  challenging  the  admiration 
and  encouraging  the  imitation  of  her  sister  States. 

Progress  as  a  State.  Within  the  past  18  months, 
in  spite  of  the  depressed  prices  of  its  agricultural 
products  and  the  slowing  down  of  some  of  its  in¬ 
dustries,  this  State  has  appropriated  fifty  million 
dollars  for  the  construction  of  a  State  system  of 
highways  and  two  millions  a  year  for  their  main¬ 
tenance.  Along  with  its  counties,  it  is  spending 
twenty-four  millions  on  its  public  school  system. 
It  has  appropriated  six  million  for  adding  to  the 
equipment  of  its  public  institutions  with  greatly 
increased  maintenance  appropriations.  To  this  the 
counties  have  added  upwards  of  twenty  millions 
for  county  road  construction,  and  they  are  con¬ 
tinuing  to  vote  bond  issues  for  both  roads  and 
schools.  The  majority  of  its  cities  and  towns  are 
making  provisions  for  street  paving,  waterworks, 
sewers,  electric  lighting,  increased  school  facili¬ 
ties,  hotels,  hospitals  and  advancing  with  rapid 
and  vigorous  strides  toward  a  realization  of  all 
those  things  which  make  up  modern  civilization. 

Agriculture.  Investments : 

North  Carolina  had  invested  in  all  farm 


properties  in  1920  _ $1,250,166,995 

Represented  by: 

Farm  land  values  _ r_  357,815,016 

Farm  buildings _ 218,577,944 

Implements  and  machinery _  54,621,363 

Livestock  -  119,152,944 

Earnings  (1919) : 

From  all  crops _  503,229,313 

From  dairy  products _  14,912,137 

From  chickens  and  eggs _  18,979,687 

From  honey  and  wax  _  356,003 

From  wool _  154,302 


Total  earnings  from  agriculture 

and  allied  industries _ $  537,631,532 


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Comparison  with  other  states — 1920  crops:  It  has 
been  estimated  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  the 
Census  that  the  value  of  all  crops  in  North  Caro¬ 
lina  for  1920  was  $412,374,000,  a  loss  of  nearly  a 
hundred  millions  from  the  crop  of  1919,  but  even 
at  that  the  State’s  rank  was  sixth  in  all  the  States 
of  the  Union.  Only  five  States — Texas,  Iowa,  Illi¬ 
nois,  California  and  New  York — made  a  better  show¬ 
ing.  The  crop  wealth  for  the  State  during  1919  was 
$503,229,313.  Twelve  other  States  and  only  three 
Southern  States  made  a  better  showing  than  this  in 

1919.  These  latter  figures  were  recorded  in  January, 

1920,  with  cotton  at  14  cents  a  pound,  four  months 
after  cotton  prices  began  to  slump  the  August  be¬ 
fore. 

North  Carolina  outranks  all  other  Southern 
States  in  the  avearge  value  of  all  crops  in  1920. 

In  1920  it  produced  838,940  bales  of  cotton  and 
ranked  seventh  of  the  cotton-producing  States. 

North  Carolina  is  second  in  the  whole  United 
States  in  the  percentage  of  debt-free  homes,  with  an 
average  of  82.0  per  cent,  being  outranked  only  by 
Nevada. 

1921  Crops.  According  to  our  State  Department 
of  Agriculture,  North  Carolina  ranks  third  of  all 
the  States  in  the  Union  in  crop  earnings  for  1921, 
totaling  $303,837,400.  Texas  and  California  are 
ahead  of  North  Carolina,  the  first  with  a  valua¬ 
tion  of  $460,452,100;  the  second  with  $389,852,900. 
New  York  follows  North  Carolina  with  a  valuation 
of  $281,309,500. 

Tobacco,  with  295,000,000  pounds  and  $85,450,000, 
ranks  first. 

Cotton,  with  337,700,000  pounds  lint  and  $59,000,- 
000,  is  second. 

Corn,  with  48,700,000  bushels  and  $40,908,000, 
takes  third  place. 

According  to  this  department,  North  Carolina 
ranks  first  among  all  the  States  in  the  following 
particulars: 

Production  of  cotton  to  the  acre. 

Value  of  the  tobacco  crop. 

Production  of  soy  beans. 

Home  economics  and  development  of  woman’s 
work. 

Individual  wealth  of  the  white  population. 

North  Carolina  holds  second  place  in  the  fol¬ 
lowing: 

Value  of  farm  crops  per  acre. 

Value  of  farm  crops  per  capita. 

It  ranks  third  in  the  production  of  sweet  pota¬ 
toes  and  of  peanuts;  fourth  in  value  of  all  crops. 

And  Western  North  Carolina  is  fast  becoming  a 
famous  apple  growing  section. 

Manufacturing'.  Nearly  a  billion  dollars,  or  to  be 
exact,  $943,808,000,  is  the  factory  value  of  the  manu¬ 
factured  products  of  North  Carolina  in  1919.  This 
total  does  not  cover  hand  trades,  building  trades 
and  neighborhood  industries;  that  is  to  say,  domestic 
industries  not  organized  into  factory  system. 

Factory  industries  alone  considered,  only  four¬ 
teen  States  made  a  better  showing  than  North  Caro¬ 
lina,  and  only  one  of  these  was  a  Southern  State, 
Texas.  North  Carolina  was  among  the  fifteen  fore¬ 
most  States  in  the  Union  in  manufacturing  in  1919. 

Twenty-Year  Advances.  During  the  first  twenty 


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years  of  the  new  century  the  factories  of  this  State 
rose  from  3,465  to  5,999. 

The  factory  wage  earners  rose  from  72,000  to 
158,000,  more  than  double  in  number. 

The  volume  of  their  annual  wages  rose  from  14 
millions  to  127  million  dollars,  nine  times  as  much. 

The  primary  horsepowers  used  in  our  factories 
rose  from  154,000  to  550,000. 

The  capital  employed  rose  from  68  million  dol¬ 
lars  to  669  million  dollars,  ten  times  greater. 

The  total  value  of  products  rose  from  85  million 
to  944  million  dollars,  an  increase  eleven-fold. 

The  value  added  by  manufacture  of  raw  mater¬ 
ials,  rose  from  40  million  in  1899  to  416  million  in 
1919,  more  than  ten  times  as  much. 

Twenty  years  has  brought  the  greatest  change  in 
highways — now  spending  65  millions  for  good  roads. 
No  state  can  boast  better  roads. 

State’s  Relative  Position.  North  Carolina  led 
the  South  in  1919  in  the  number  of  factory  estab¬ 
lishments,  with  5,999  against  5,603  in  Virginia,  her 
nearest  competitor. 

In  the  number  of  wage  and  salary  earners,  she 
led  Georgia,  her  nearest  competitor,  by  34,000. 

In  the  capital  employed,  she  led  Texas  by  more 
than  100  million  dollars;  Virginia  by  230  million 
dollars;  and  Georgia  by  250  million  dolllars. 

In  the  total  value  of  manufactured  products, 
Texas  was  the  only  Southern  State  that  outranked 
North  Carolina  in  1919,  and  her  lead  was  only  57 
million  dollars.  Our  next  competitor  was  Georgia, 
which  fell  behind  by  250  million  dollars. 

In  values  added  to  raw  materials  in  the  processes 
of  manufacture,  North  Carolina  far  and  away  led 
the  South,  with  417  million  dollars  against  298  mil¬ 
lion  dollars  in  Texas,  269  million  dollars  in  Virginia, 
and  253  million  dollars  in  Georgia. 

But  even  more  significant  is  the  per  cent  of  value 
added  to  raw  materials  by  manufacture  in  North 
Carolina.  In  this  particular  we  led  the  whole 
United  States,  Wyoming  alone  excepted.  Our  ratio 
of  increase  in  value  contributed  by  the  processes  of 
manufacture  was  249  per  cent,  the  next  State  in  the 
South  being  South  Carolina,  with  220  per  cent. 

North  Carolina  leads  the  world  in  tobacco  manu¬ 
facturing.  The  33  tobacco  factories  of  the  State 
consume  a  fourth  of  all  the  leaf  tobacco  used  in 
manufacture  in  the  entire  United  States  and  pay  a 
fourth  of  all  the  tobacco  taxes  of  the  Union. 

North  Carolina  leads  the  South  in  the  cotton  tex¬ 
tile  industry  in  almost  every  detail:  In  the  num¬ 
ber  of  mills;  in  the  number  of  spindles  and  knit¬ 
ting  machines;  in  the  number  of  looms  installed 
year  by  year;  in  the  total  capital  in  use;  in  the 
volume  of  wages  paid;  in  the  gross  value  of  tex¬ 
tile  products;  in  the  variety  of  cotton  textiles  pro¬ 
duced;  and,  even  more  significantly,  in  the  ratio 
of  values  added  to  raw  cotton  in  the  processes  of 
manufacture— our  own  mills  consume  a  half  million 
bales  of  cotton  more  than  the  State  produces  in 
average  years. 

There  are  now  513  textile  mills  in  the  State, 
compared  with  180  in  South  Carolina  and  173  in 
Georgia. 

North  Carolina  has  more  mills  that  dye  and 
finish  their  own  product  than  any  other  Southern 
State. 

The  largest  towel  mills  in  the  world  are  located 
at  Kannapolis. 


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The  largest  hosiery  mills  in  the  world  are  lo¬ 
cated  at  Durham. 

The  largest  denim  mills  in  the  United  States 
are  located  at  Greensboro. 

The  largest  damask  mills  in  the  United  States 
are  located  at  Roanoke  Rapids. 

Winston-Salem  contains  the  largest  underwear 
factory  in  America. 

Gaston  County,  with  around  100  mills,  is  the 
center  of  fine  combed  yarns  in  the  South. 

At  Badin  is  the  second  largest  aluminum  plant 
in  the  country. 

Moreover,  we  lead  the  South  in  the  number  of 
furniture  factories,  in  the  amount  of  capital  invest¬ 
ed,  in  the  number  of  operatives  employed,  in  the 
variety  of  products  and  in  the  total  value  of  the 
annual  output. 

Other  forms  of  manufacture  in  the  State  are: 

Woolen  mills,  silk  mills,  beds  and  bedding;  various 
types  of  woodworking  establishments,  such  as  tan¬ 
nic  acid,  veneers,  boxes  and  box  shooks,  wood  pulp, 
vehicles  and  parts,  building  materials,  cooperage 
materials,  shingles  and  laths,  bobbins,  etc.;  bottling 
works,  brick  and  tile,  canneries,  cereals,  chemicals, 
clothing,  concrete  products,  confectioneries,  cotton 
mill  supplies,  cottonseed  products,  dyes,  fertilizers, 
flour,  meal  and  feed  mills;  granite  products,  leather 
goods  and  shoes,  lime  and  limestone,  medicines, 
mica  products,  monuments,  marble  and  granite, 
naval  stores,  furniture,  including  bedroom  chairs, 
dining  chairs,  etc.,  optical  goods,  pottery,  roofing 
and  sheet  metal  work,  talc  products,  window  shades, 
toilet  articles,  etc. 

Waterpowers.  Statistics  recently  made  public  by 
the  State  and  Federal  Surveys  show  the  amounts 
of  developed  and*  undeveloped  waterpower  in  the 
various  States.  Ranked  in  the  order  of  magnitude  of 
developed  waterpowers,  North  Carolina  stands  fifth 
with  360,000  horsepower,  being  excelled  only  by  the 
States  of  New  York,  California,  Washington,  and 
Maine,  named  in  the  order  of  their  importance. 

In  potential  or  undeveloped  waterpower,  North 
Carolina  is  exceeded  only  by  the  State  of  New  York 
of  all  the  States  east  of  the  Mississippi  River.  It 
is  estimated  that  there  is  at  least  1,500,000  horse¬ 
power  in  North  Carolina  streams  which  can  be  de¬ 
veloped  for  future  use  as  industrial  needs  arise. 

The  State  at  present  has  an  average  daily  output  of 
hydroelectric  energy  of  well  over  2,000,000  kilowatt 
hours.  In  this  respect  it  is  exceeded  by  no  State 
east  of  the  Mississippi  except  New  York,  which 
contains  Niagara  Falls  power.  In  output  of  indi¬ 
vidual  power  companies  also,  North  Carolina  ranks 
well  to  the  front,  the  annual  output  of  the  Southern 
Power  company  reaching  about  790,000,000  kilowatt 
hours,  an  output  exceeded  by  only  eleven  companies 
in  the  entire  United,  States  and  Canada.  The  peak 
load  of  this  company  for  one  day  is  estimated  at 
about  218,300  kilowatts,  which  is  equivalent  to 
293,000  horsepower. 

Forest  and  Forest  Products.  The  forests  of 
North  Carolina  originally  covered  the  entire  area 
of  the  State.  At  the  present  time  they  occupy  ap¬ 
proximately  two-thirds  of  its  land  area  and  of  the 
31,000,000  acres,  about  20  millions  are  in  timber  or 
woodland.  It  has  been  estimated  that  75  per  cent 
of  the  mountain  lands,  55  per  cent  of  the  Piedmont, 

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and  75  per  cent  of  the  coastal  plain  retain  a  forest 
growth.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  wood,  lumber 
and  manufacturing  industries  dependent  upon  this 
natural  resource  make  it  of  great  importance  in 
the  State  and  are  vitally  interested  in  a  continuance 
and,  if  possible,  an  improvement  in  the  supply  of 
raw  materials. 

In  the  production  of  lumber  (1919)  North  Caro¬ 
lina  showed  the  greatest  number  of  custom  mills 
of  any  State  in  the  Union  and  it  was  the  only 
State  reporting  such  mills  sawing  over  a  million 
feet  each.  It  was  seventh  in  the  production  of  lum¬ 
ber  in  the  United  States  in  1919,  its  cut  being 
1,645,435,000  feet  with  an  average  value  of  $30.21  per 
thousand,  or  a  total  value  of  $49,980,481.  In  tne 
value  of  wood  and  timber  produced  from  the  farms 
in  1919,  North  Carolina  leads  all  other  States  with 
a  total  value  of  $32,735,000.  The  merchantable  lum¬ 
ber  produced  in  this  State  during  this  period  con¬ 
sisted  of  the  following:  Yellow  pine  with  a  billion 
and  a  quarter  feet;  oak,  136  million  feet;  chesnut, 
69  million  feet;  hemlock,  48  1-2  million  feet; 

spruce,  43  million  feet;  with  lesser  quantities  of 
cypress,  cedar,  maple,  red  gum,  birch  and  beech. 

In  manufactured  products,  North  Carolina  con¬ 
sumed  in  1919  38,571  thousand  feet  in  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  veneers,  being  eighth  in  the  list  of  States; 
122,397  tons  of  raw  forest  products  consumed  in 
,  the  manufacture  of  natural  dyestuffs  and  extracts, 
occupying  third  place  in  this  industry;  61,745  tons 
of  tanbark  wood,  having  fourth  place;  45,100,986 
pounds  of  materials  consumed  for  tanning  extracts. 
In  cooperage  stock,  North  Carolina  produced  2,764 
thousands  of  tight  staves  and  ranked  eleventh; 
117  thousands  tight  heading  and  ranked  twelfth; 
40,620  thousands  slack  staves;  hoops,  approximate¬ 
ly  100,000  cords. 

The  furniture  industry  of  the  State,  much  of  it 
dependent  upon  supplies  of  raw  material,  is  not 
included  here;  the  output  of  this  being  included  in 
the  figures  under  “manufacturing.” 

Earning’s  from  Basic  Industries.  From  manu¬ 
factures  (1919),  $943,808,000.  From  farms,  $537,- 
263,912.  From  mines  and  quarries  (1920),  $8,000,000. 
From  forests  and  wooded  areas,  $80,000,000.  From 
fisheries,  $3,000,000.  Total,  $1,572,071,912. 

This  does  not  include  earnings  from  hand  trades, 
neighborhood  industries  not  organized  into  factory 
systems;  earnings  of  laborers  and  employes,  banks 
and  trust  companies,  insurance  companies,  mer¬ 
chandising,  hotels  (commercial  and  resort),  etc. 

North  Carolina  Wealth.  Resources:  Total  wealth 
on  the  tax  books  (1920),  $3,170,512,000.  Banking 
resources  (June  30,  1921),  $386,046,574. 

Federal  Taxes:  North  Carolina  paid  the  Federal 
Government,  during  1921,  $125,669,000. 

Sources:  Income  and  excess  profits,  $38,669,000. 
Miscellaneous  (mainly  tobacco),  $85,831,000. 

The  average  federal  income  tax  paid  in  North 
Carolina  is  exceeded  only  by  that  of  NeAV  York  City. 

The  federal  taxes  paid  by  North  Carolina  in  1920 
exceeded  the  total  amount  paid  by  all  the  other 
Southern  States  combined. 

Purchasing  Power.  Indicative  of  the  State’s 
purchasing  power,  there  are  now  owned  within  the 
State  160,000  motor  cars  representing  an  expendi¬ 
ture  of  upwards  of  $175,000,000. 


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First  Bank  &  Trust  Co. 

Hendersonville,  N.  C. 

Renders  every  financial  assist¬ 
ance  possible  to  all  industrial 
enterprises,  and  is  deeply  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  general  growth  of 
this  community. 

Capital  and  Surplus  -  -  $155,000.00 


Hendersonville  Has  a 
Wonderful  Climate — 


But— 

Far  More  Important  than  Climate  or 
Location  is  the  Question  of 

Industrial  Power 

— It’s  Quantity,  Quality  and  Cost. 


The  Blue  Ridge  Power  Company, 
now  operating  in  Hendersonville, 
can  furnish  such  power,  in  practi¬ 
cally  unlimited  quantities,  at  a 
very  low  cost. 

A  steady,  uniform  power,  for  pro¬ 
pelling  machinery  and  furnishing 
a  light,  devoid  of  flickering  and 
variation,  is  of  the  utmost  import¬ 
ance,  to  insure  quality  production 
and  maximum  output  at  minimum 
cost. 

Located  here,  are  the  main  offices 
of  the  Blue  Ridge  Power  Company, 
which  will  insure  customers  a  ser¬ 
vice  unexcelled  elsewhere. 

A  complete  stock  of  Electrical 
Supplies  and  Appliances  are  car¬ 
ried  at  all  times. 


Blue  Ridge  Power  Co. 

Hendersonville,  N.  C. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  N.C.  AT  CHAPEL  HILL 


00030718322 


FOR  USE  ONLY  IN 

THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  COLLECTION 


THIS  TITLE  HAS  BEEN  MICROFILMED 

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Form  N a.  A-368 


